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    New TransPennine Express Mk5A train revealed

    Apr 29, 2018 4 minutes
    By Keith Fender

    TRANSPENNINE Express presented its new CAF-built Mk5A 'Nova 3' push-pull trains to stakeholders and media in mid-April at the Velim test centre in the Czech Republic, where dynamic testing of the new train with Class 68 locos began on April 11.

    CAF is building 13 five-coach rakes of carriages as permanently coupled sets, connected by bar couplers, as found on modern EMUs.

    An additional spare DTS (Driving Trailer Standard) vehicle has been ordered to provide a spare in case one of the sets hits an obstruction and is damaged.

    This will allow the set to return to use within a short time, particularly if repairs are needed to the damaged DTS vehicle.

    Each set – branded as

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